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Less than two months after finishing out the 2017 season as the interim head coach of the Giants, Spagnuolo finds himself out of a job. They decided to hire James Bettcher to take Spagnuolo’s place at defensive coordinator and Pat Shurmur, of course, became the head coach.

Spagnuolo went 1-3 in his short time as the Giants’ head coach after they fired Ben McAdoo in early December — less than two years after they hired him. Spagnuolo, though, still believes the team will get back on track next season.

“I think they’ll get that ironed out,” Spagnuolo said via Yahoo! Sports. “They’ll get some guys back healthy and a couple draft picks and free agents like everybody does. Hopefully, it’ll be just like we were in 2016. We were a pretty good defense two seasons ago. I think they can get back to that.”

Spagnuolo also referenced the injury bug hitting the Giants hard in 2017. Over 30 players were put on injured reserve, and he said that he had to deal with five middle linebackers in the season, which was like dealing with five quarterbacks but only on defense.

When it was announced that Shurmur would become the next head coach of the Giants, some thought Spagnuolo had a chance to remain the defensive coordinator since Shurmur was the offensive coordinator when Spagnuolo was the head coach of the St. Louis Rams, but Shurmur opted to hire Bettcher instead.

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Even with everything that has happened, Spagnuolo is clearly not burning any bridges with the Giants, and if the opportunity ever presented itself down the road, a third stint with the organization in some capacity could definitely happen.

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